Rick Parry
Rick Parry
Rick Parryis the former chief executive of Liverpool Football Club, and the former head of the FA Premier League. He is currently on the board of directors at New York Cosmos...
appreciate player
We still need a player like him and we appreciate his qualities.
champions change decision league loss management revenue
The loss is essentially attributable to two factors. The loss of Champions League revenue and the decision to change the management team.
michael next split
There's probably been too much speculation already. We will see next week. There has never been a split between us and Rafa over Michael Owen or any other player.
stay wants
He wants to stay and I couldn't be more delighted.
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It certainly wasn't a secret visit, having attended two games with a combined attendance of over 100,000 people,
examined extended joint period proposal stadium thoroughly time
The joint stadium proposal has been thoroughly examined over an extended period of time and has now been rejected,
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The loss in itself does not constrain player spending, after all we did invest significantly in the summer. It is the level of debt and future cash flows that govern our transfer activity.
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I've never known a transfer happen quite so quickly. It was all done within 24 hours, and that was largely because of Robbie's passion to rejoin the club. He really was that desperate to come back.
michael next player plenty says split wants
There has never been a split between us and Rafa over Michael Owen or any other player. It's not a no or a yes. There has been plenty of speculation and we will see next week. It's always encouraging when a player says he wants to come to Liverpool.
encouraged encouragement join players
We are always encouraged when players say they want to join Liverpool.
earth fee move player record sign spent transfer
Why on earth would we do that? It is a sign of the times that they can even contemplate such a move for a player we have just spent a record transfer fee on.
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We're obviously delighted. It's a combination of three years of a lot of hard work and a vindication and endorsement of the policy we adopted that we had to be very much a part of the community plan. We couldn't go ahead in isolation. I think the outcome will be very exciting, not just for us, but for North Liverpool as a whole if the whole plan comes together.
filmmakers lack sponsor
We were interested. There was not a lack of co-operation from us. But the filmmakers got sponsorship from Adidas - not Reebok. And Adidas sponsor Newcastle, while Reebok sponsor Liverpool.
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We've been 30 points adrift of the champions for the last two seasons, and although there are still three games to play, it's clear for everyone we're a lot closer now.